School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)
- Location:
- Killorglin, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Úna Nic Choluim
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- (54) What has a tongue that cannot utter a word? (Your boot)
(55) What is your own yet everyone says it more that you( Your name)
- Collector
- Nóra Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killorglin, Co. Kerry
- (56) As I went up a slippery gap I met a man with a little red cap. He had a stone in his middle and a stick on his back and I'll give you a pound if you'll riddle me that? (A cherry)
(57) As I went up a slippery gap I met my Uncle Davy I cut off his head and drank his blood and left his body airy? (A bottle of wine) - (58) I see it, and you do not see it, and it is nearer to you than to me?
(The back of your head).
